The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-11-18
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Around around Daniel Ma.ingo, Father Of the
Young Man who fired tho Crothsrs Pro.
perty at Ta,lorstovn-w.. Tho o,d
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Special Correspondence ofta lntellloe,eer. II (,
SWAsuisoros. PA. Nov. j17.-Tbe M.
vamha, .e,r,l ,,,l ~ .hn nor,, 4, n ,,.... a..
.,Aa. ~ e,~ .., - suo oouts "0. u y uat'ei oee'
s.ono lof tnls county opened mere last
Monday with an unusual amount OF Grim
inal business to dispose of. The Grand
Jryv commano.d ,,a'I Hsn... -. a.au
80 onu'' 'uN, Aloiu w iuinE ~ !
in"eaiateiy aiter being charged, and
though the gentlemen composing It have
labored induetriously, in their efforts 10
disnosa n tha ma.u ~ r,.ta,I,, n..na,.s
-. ~ ~ ~ A."'' - ~ ''"'0'1a, ~ piopa!eo
loi them py Dls!rlct Attorney Frank Tay-
lor when court closed this evening they
were still in charge Of the she,;fs and Tho
hro,roo, w. n,enoh,d III, -
ea.AeD' - uut,uo.eu ,t,u.. HIt .onSuu'e u.
.Gass anotnef Gays ume. 10 dlspoelng OF
sno mattefs Dtou8at beiore II the Jury
.ha nas pgHn L's, cateiul anu tnoIougn ana Of all
tne pllla 10 lar returned, only, two have
peea enuolsea nos true piila.
VI !ne ttue pllls nanaed IN, Two o. the
,noa. lmpoltans were those agalnat Daniel
iMaAlhgo aug nus son bunton MaztnRo, the
,aNet lor selting ute 20 anu burning large
DARN anu other 6nlIdlnga on the large
a;oGs " Gs iaim OF n. ana u, N. Urothers,
Nv. .ay.StetoWn, ~ On 1ao iosn o. iast septcm'
;Ies' is;t ahu sne !asnei ,holetee toF eo0nSe!s
ils; aIulhE RIa aue.tlng tne same. Both
o. theae oaaes nave peen anticipated with
Goasloelapie lhtefeaI py nearly everyone
IN tne county, ana especially by the farm
ihg community. 1ncendiary tires have
peen anogether LOO frequent OF lsta and
tne oetefmlnea eH9tt M. y. NJ.
oiosne!o GaoisIea py tne authorities, has
1aast asae 10 anu IS MAKING aais 70 check them, at
least IN part, IS oelng warmly commended
ga all siaes' AZ least nali q dozen barns
thn uase usen dest!oyeo oy laGendlafies IN
Ine papt elsnt mo1tao Hot until Mr.
HkotneIs aetefmlneu not 70 reat TIL he had
ieafnea VINO II was that destroyed the
p.opei1y Oh himself ana ofother has there
ever neen anything Ike eoccese attending
tne enofts maoe TO ascertain who the tire.
Dugs thas nave been operating hereabouts
were T. :"
me lNTELLIdENoER has already pub.
llshed IN account OF the burning Of the
property, which entalled a loss on the
llrm Of about $500, and Of the clever de.
.eetlVe WORE that ied TO tue arrest Of the
TWO Maxlngos, octooer ~ and ~. This
WorK was nearly all planned by Mr.. 1. NJ.
Cfothers, who by the way, Is one Of the
stnafpest and most astute oil men; and at
lne same time ne is one Of the most pop
nlar and successful stock breedera In THO
country. Ihs EorI aa planned was exc.
euteo ny y: D. Todd, one OF the the de-
teotlves attached to Perkin's agency at
plttsourgh. He ingratiated himself into
tne good graces OF the Mazlngo family and
~ actlnR the part OF q desperate with
young bunton succeeded In getting con.
!ession s from nm - D,E.s;
rms oelng the Gaze, and the net OF evil
aenGe neing woven 60 closely about him,
all the young man could do when the case
was called IN court this morning Tss to
plead guilty. Sentence has not yet been
passed upon him, and ne will probably to
used as witness Tor his ts!heT. AS soon
as tne plea Of guil!y hsd been entered the
case against Daniel MaS'ngo was called
anu Rnep put on trlai before 2 uIy oompoeed OF
William 3; 4agNe, John hlaok, Morris
GJivlh, .;Snn AMurew ~ a Mcponalo, george Burn
s!ues, a: ~ 1haesell. =. y. jackson, Viii
ssm Lai1q, hopert buChanan, William
utay, OF East Flnley, william Gray, Of
Amweli, ana John H.. Wilson. Ho1.
gonn a. McllValne Ts9 Oh the bench.
Inc ofoWd n attendance hlled the large
couft room all Gay and listened intaltly
70 ail that was eald ny Doth wlsnesses md
altofleys' Eor the prosecution there ap-
pesfed M. Taylor, the District Attorney,
aseisted oy McOracken q Stevenson. Ma
1ngo was represented by MI. John Bra
oen and ~. Henry :dants.
Mr. McUracken and MI. Braden were
1ne Two attorneys moss aGtlvelyl engaged
Yesterday, thoy conducting ell the exam
inlng and cross.examlnlng Mr.. Orothers
nad aeat beside Mr., McUracken all the
tlme, and rendered valuable assistance.
MsAlneo sat beside Mr.. Braden. His face
u not pfepossesslng one, and nearly all
tne time ne Sat with bis head bent .er-
WaIu III nang-dog fashion. A3s'.'555.. Z.
when court elosec the prosecution had
not concluded its evidence. 1t will prob
ably be hnlshed BY noon tomorrow. The
nrst Wltness was MI. Orothers. He told
n clear, straightforward manner how
his auspicions were aroused, even while
the tre was burning: t,ss35 ,5[it.1> 81
The property was destroyed on Thurs.
gay. va that day Mr.. Crothers and all
bis family were at the Washington fair,
two servant girls being the only ones at
the iarm house. The fire occurred be.
tween B and . o'clock in the evening.
Mr. Orothers arrived home while the FIRE
was ir progress and bunton's behavior
reused his suspiclons; Alter that he was
not Satisfied tn he had run the matter
@ down I! and ~ gD%t % his man. y othe, witnesses
Lindsey, Mrs: Dorrance, Mrs. johnson and
Niles Lizzie CrOthere, sisters OF Mr.. Croth.